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Chapter 278 - 278: Setting Up a Mini Base (3)
Chapter 278 - 278: Setting Up a Mini Base (3)
Chapter 278: Setting Up a Mini Base (3)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“It’s fine during the day. With a gun, it shouldn’t be a problem to walk through the forest…”
Zhao Yu picked up his fire stick and spear, ready to leave.
However, after only taking two steps, the noblewoman suddenly called out to stop him.
“It seems you don’t have a weapon. Would you like to take this knife?”
Zhao Yu turned around to see a machete about twenty centimeters long handed to him.
“You have anymore weapons like this?”
“Yes, we have some stored at home. There are a few more…”
Zhao Yu gently ran his fingers along the blade, feeling its sharpness. He couldn’t help but feel pleased.
With this weapon, his journey would be much easier.
“Thank you! Remember to equipped such weapon for your daughter as well when both of you travel out.”
After expressing his gratitude once more, Zhao Yu continued on his way.
The noble lady seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she remained silent. Watching Zhao Yu walk away, she quickly returned underground with her daughter.
Although his wounds still hurt, he couldn’t pay much attention to that now.
He needed to reach his destination and set up base before his energy ran out.
In his mind, he had heard the system notification earlier.
He indeed saw a tech point balance of 30 points on the system panel.
“I’ve completed today’s daily task. Based on my guess, there should be a refresh around this time tomorrow…”
With an additional weapon, Zhao Yu became more confident, especially after defeating the mutant creatures and gaining some understanding of his own strength.
He picked up his pace for the rest of the journey.
During the trip, he encountered a pack of wolves attracted by the scent of blood. However, they dispersed under Zhao Yu’s intimidating aura.
“It seems like they’ve been living quite well…”
Zhao Yu knew that if these wolves were extremely hungry, they would surely attack him.
Their mere testing and then retreat indicated their fear of injury and an abundance of food.
With the absence of human interference, it seemed like wild animals had entered a phase of rampant growth. In the past, there were no wolves around such small towns. Now, even creatures resembling tigers were numerous.
Luckily, Zhao Yu had only heard their roars and hadn’t seen them firsthand. Given his current strength, he wasn’t confident he could take on a big size predator like tiger.
After traveling all night, Zhao Yu finally reached the outskirts of the county town at dawn.
From a distance, he could already feel an overwhelming sense of oppression.
“Mutated beasts?!”
This oppressive feeling was something he had never encountered before, as if it was a natural hierarchy suppression.
Zhao Yu was a bit astonished, “Could these mutated beasts be evolved in the future?!”
Not daring to enter the town, he circled around its outskirts to leave.
The closer one gets to the mutated beasts’ territory, the more various chaotic creatures like radiated animals there are. It’s best for Zhao Yu to stay away.
After walking for a short while, daylight broke, and he could see various birds soaring in the distance.
During the daytime, one needs to be cautious of these airborne creatures.
Zhao Yu became even more cautious walking during the day than at night, choosing the paths that had trees as cover.
Finally, when the sun was halfway up the sky, Zhao Yu reached his destination.
The chemical plant now stood eerily silent with its few giant chimneys looming in isolation.
Zhao Yu stopped not far from the main entrance, carefully observing the situation. Not detecting any movement inside, he approached to inspect closer.
The gatehouse was empty. Apart from a wooden bed, even the bedding had been taken by scavengers.
Observing the dust on the ground and confirming no traces of human or animal activity, Zhao Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.
He chose a nearby open space to set up his mini-base.
“Whoosh—!”
A square steel structure, five meters tall, instantly rose from the ground.
Zhao Yu gave it a casual glance and quickly headed to the main entrance.
The electric door automatically opened, and he stepped inside.
The interior of the base was similar to the lunar base: a control room in the center surrounded by several empty rooms.
Zhao Yu went straight to the control room to check the buildings he could currently exchange.
[Energy Station (0/3): 100 Technology Points.]
What surprised him was that the exchange list was empty. There was only one power station that could be exchanged.
” What the hell?!”
He was a little anxious and quickly asked the system about the situation.
He found out that the functions of this E-grade micro-base were similar to those of the lunar base.
Under this base system, only after constructing an energy station to supply power will the system be able to display others available buildings.
” 100 Technology Points…”
Zhao Yu looked at his balance. He only had 30 points, which he had obtained from completing the daily mission yesterday.
Thankfully, after the base was set up, there was a countdown on the control panel’s tech points column indicating the refresh time for tech points.
Just like the lunar base, it could refresh 1 tech point every hour. Although not much, it was better than nothing.
“By this calculation, by this time tomorrow, I should have 54 tech points. After completing the daily tasks tomorrow night, 1 should have around 90 points. By the morning of the day after, I’ll have the 100 tech points I need…”
In two days, he would have enough tech points to exchange for the energy station.
Stepping out of the control room, he toured the other rooms, which were mostly vacant lounges.
Although there was no food, at least there was a place to shelter from the danger.
Only he could enter or leave this mini-base. Although it currently had no defensive capabilities, the base itself was constructed with hardened steel.
As long as he was not encountered by any mutant beast, he would be safe inside.
Inside the base, there was a reserve of water, but not in large quantities.
According to the system, once the energy station was set up, the base wouldn’t lack water.
With the reserve of water, just for him, it would last for a week. Looking at his grimy appearance, Zhao Yu confidently took a bath.
“There’s electricity in the base. If I had known earlier, I would have brought the chainsaw from the shelter…”
In his shelter, there was a rechargeable chainsaw. However, because it consumed too much power and he couldn’t find any diesel, it had rarely been used since he bought it.
But he didn’t dwell on it. Even if he returned to the shelter, the chainsaw wouldn’t be of any use to him anyway.
After traveling for an entire day, combined with the injuries on his body, Zhao Yu was both mentally and physically exhausted. After his bath, he quickly fell into a deep sleep..